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The Best Of Dr. Demento #XM-73

October 16, 2004 - 12m ET (XM channel 151, mono, Saturday night); October 17, 2004 - 12m ET (XM channel 40, stereo, Sunday night)

originally broadcast as The Dr. Demento Show #00-42 - October 15, 2000

Special Topic: a warped perspective on the current election (some very demented songs from past campaigns)

Oops, I Farted Again - The gang at Zthing.com
This Is Ponderous - 2nu
Last Resort - Richard Cheese (Mark Jonathan Davis)
Happy Birthday (Placebo E.P. version) - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Martha Goes Camping - Mr. Whitekeys & The Fabulous Spamtones
500 Miles - The Complainers
Thank God I'm A Rich Kid (live on KMET, 3-5-78) - Ogden Edsl
Livin' La Vida Broka - The Dan Orr Project

Since We Moved Nextdoor To That Nuclear Power Plant - Dennis Graue
Psycho Chicken (Clucked) - The Fools
Baa Baa Black Sheep - The Singing Sheep
Monkeys Are Bad People (original version) - Logan Whitehurst & The Jr. Science Club

Loving You Has Made Me Bananas - Guy Marks
Potato-In-My-Pants Blues - The Dan Orr Project [edited out of XM channel 151 broadcast]
Rape Me - Richard Cheese (Mark Jonathan Davis) [edited out of XM channel 151 broadcast]
The Human Race - The Frantics

A Candid Date With The Candidates (2000 version) - Whimsical Will
Election Year Rag - Steve Goodman
Religion And Politics Ya-Ta-Ta! Ya-Ta-Ta! (lightly censored) - Scott Beach [edited out of XM channel 151 broadcast]
High Hopes With Jack Kennedy - Frank Sinatra
Alvin For President - David Seville & The Chipmunks

Ringo For President (excerpt) - Rolf Harris
Snoopy For President (excerpt) - The Royal Guardsmen
Winnie The Pooh For President (excerpt) - Larry Groce
The One That Doesn't Suck So Bad - Barry Mitchell
Get Out And Vote (edit) - Johnny Standley

#5 It's All About The Pentiums - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#4 Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus

#3 Inner Thoughts - Barry & The Bookbinders [replaced on XM channel 151 broadcast with #3 Harry's Wand - Steve Goodie from XM-70]
#2 Fanboy - The Great Luke Ski

#1 The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein
next week: Halloween part 1/2